The Boss will be hitting the road to support his next album in 2012. On his website only tour dates have been published for the UK, but US dates will be announced soon. Springsteen and the E-Street Band will be touring in support of a new album that is currently being finished and lacks a title. The album and tour will both be firsts for the band since the passing of saxophonist Clarence Clemons in June.

Don DeVito, producer of Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks, has passed away at age 72 after a sixteen year battle with prostate cancer. DeVito also produced Dylan’s Street Legal, Desire, and Hard Rain as well as recordings by Bruce Springsteen, Simon & Grafunkel, and Aerosmith. DeVito was nominated for five Grammy’s in his career and won the award in 1981. He is survived by his wife Carolyn and two children, Marissa and James.

The ICM Film Agency has been given access to the music of the Grateful Dead to utilize in a narrative-style feature film built around their songs. A similar project was undertaken as twenty Beatles songs were re-recorded and woven into the Across the Universe feature film. The film is expected to utilize the songs to capture the spirit of Haight-Ashbury in the late 60’s and early 70’s.

If you haven’t seen Across the Universe, watch the trailer below and tell us what you think of this potential use of the Grateful Dead’s music!

This week on WTTS Indy Underground, a glimpse at new material from Mumford and Sons. The English quartet has been fairly quiet about the details of their upcoming sophomore release, but a new song has been debuted nonetheless. The band is fine if you call it “Ghosts That We Knew” or simply “Ghosts”. Either way, we’ve obtained the live cut for this week’s show.

Also this week, a previously unreleased track from the Dodos, and a new one from Noisettes, included on the soundtrack for Twilight: Breaking Dawn.